News

13 July 2021

Harvest forecast 2021

Lantmännen’s forecast shows that this year’s Swedish grain harvest will amount to 5.6 million tonnes. Following a record-breaking autumn sowing, which is forecasted to reach normal yield, spring-so...

17 June 2021

Unique robot project for the Farming of the Future

Robots that spread fertiliser, sow or harvest, that can minimise the use of crop protection, put livestock out to pasture and efficiently work round the clock, are part of the future of farming....

26 May 2021

Lantmännen Agroetanol invests SEK 800 million in Green Proteins

The investment in the biorefinery in Norrköping will strengthen Lantmännen’s position on the market for grain based food ingredients as well as complement the existing production of sustainable...

21 April 2021

Lantmännen is growing through green financing

Lantmännen is financing the transition to a more sustainable agricultural and food industry with the help of a new green framework and a new green bond of SEK 1 billion.

20 April 2021

Lantmännen and Dataväxt launches the Climate Impact Calculator

Further steps are being taken to create added values to farm climate data and to contribute to a new sector standard for measuring climate impact.

05 March 2021

Lantmännen's Andreas Gundberg appointed honorary doctor at the University of Borås

The appointment is a result of Andreas' contribution to developing the research area Resource Recycling into the successful research environment of today.

01 March 2021

Investments in Lantmännen Unibake’s fresh bakery business

Lantmännen Unibake plans to invest in new high-speed lines to strengthen its footprint within fresh bakery products and drive profitable growth in Finland and the Baltic countries.

25 January 2021

Lantmännen Unibake makes significant investment in Poland

Lantmännen Unibake continues to invest in Poland and announces a significant expansion plan for its bakery in Nowa Sol.

04 December 2020

Anna Carlström hands over as Head of Owner Relations to Jesper Broberg

Jesper most recently comes from a role as managing director at Hushållningssällskapet. Anna will take on a role as a senior advisor in the Owner Relations function.

An intensive harvest 2020 - and a record breaking oats harvest

27 October 2020

Lantmännen is testing methane reducing red algae in feed

At Lantmännen’s Nötcenter Viken trial farm, experiments are in progress to determine whether adding red algae to cattle feed can further reduce the climate impact of Swedish dairy farming.

19 August 2020

Harvest 2020 gets off to a flying start

Johan Hoolmé in Skivarp is one of many farmers in Skåne that have started the harvest and he confirms a positive start with favourable weather conditions.

08 June 2020

Lantmännen joins a research project to get more out of oilseed rape

To develop new, more usable types of oilseed rape, Lantmännen is now involved in a research project driven by SLU Grogrund, the Center for Breeding of Food Crops.

21 April 2020

Lantmännen Agroetanol shifts to produce ethanol for hand sanitizer

Hand sanitizer is in short supply due to the spread of the coronavirus and Lantmännen Agroetanol now helps to alleviate this shortage by shifting its production.

25 March 2020

Lantmännen supplies raw material to hand sanitizer producers

Lantmännen Reppe in Lidköping, Sweden, usually produces vodka. Now they shift its distribution and produce 700,000 litres of input goods for hand sanitizer and disinfectants. 

17 March 2020

The coronavirus

Due to the coronavirus, Lantmännen was quick to introduce extensive restrictions for the entire Group to protect our employees, members and operations.

20 January 2020

EU financed centre for climate smart industry

An EU financed project is now starting with the aim of developing Händelö Eco Industrial Park as a more resource, energy and climate efficient society. 

04 December 2019

Farming of the Future - the report

We can increase harvests by 50 percent by 2050, while at the same time reach the climate goals. Read our report Farming of the Future. 

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11 November 2019

20 percent less energy consumption in feed production

Lantmännen has managed to reduce energy consumption at its feed factories by 20 percent since 2009.

23 October 2019

ThermoSeed goes into production in France

The ThermoSeed process went into production on 16 October at French seed company Epilor, after a four-year field trial.

23 October 2019

EthaDrive – leading the way for large volumes of sustainable fuel

A unique collaboration for climate-smart heavy transport, focusing on Swedish biofuel technology from Lantmännen. 

14 October 2019

Testbed in Uppsala harvested

The high technology testbed aims to make agriculture more environment-friendly and profitable. The first crops have now been harvested.

27 September 2019

German cooperatives visit Lantmännen

R&D, grain trading and Swedish grain cultivation were in focus when a delegation from German farming cooperatives visited Lantmännen.

04 November 2016

Research Foundation

Each year, the Lantmännen Research Foundation awards funding of up to SEK 25 million for research projects. Apply now!

15 July 2019

The Lantmännen 2019 Harvest Forecast

Lantmännen’s harvest forecast for grain, oilseed crops and pulses amounts to 6.3 million tons for the 2019 harvest.

20 February 2019

Looking ahead at the 2019 harvest

Last year’s drought will have consequences. Lantmännen’s experts have now compiled a report ahead of the 2019 harvest.

21 February 2019

Lantmännen's Annual & Sustainability Report 2018

Despite last year’s drought, Lantmännen show a strong financial result for 2018.

20 February 2019

Lantmännen in EU project

The EU project SCOoPE aims to make cooperative companies within the European food sector more energy efficient. 

07 July 2021

Lantmännen receives European Innovation Award for its unique biological method - ThermoSeed

Lantmännen has received the European Award for Cooperative Innovation in the category “Environmental value creation – Biodiversity and Natural resources” for its unique ThermoSeed heat treatment...